Bracket for license-plates.



T. P. WILSON. BRACKET FOB. LICENSE PLATES. APPLIOATION FILED MAILZQL 1913.

Patentesi Apr. 1%, 1914:.

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BRACKET FOR LICENSE-PLATES.

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Specification oLLetters Patent.

Patented Apr. 14:, 1914.

Application filed March 2c, 1 13. Serial No. 755,602.

To all whom; it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS F. WILSON, acitizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Providence, inthe county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Brackets for License-Plates, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brackets for supporting license number displayplates for road vehicles;

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a bracket for thispurpose that may be struck up and formed completely of sheet metal by asingle operation whereby the bracket is very strong and durable yetlight in weight and neat and attractive in appearance, the expense ofmanufacture being thus reduced to the minimum.

A further object of the invention is to provide a bracket of thischaracter particularly adapted to be secured inposition by the yokemembers which are employed in a certain style of automobile for clampingor binding together the transverse forward spring and the cross memberof the frame, whereby one end of the bracket may be boundbeneath thesecuring nut on the forward end of a yoke to firmly and securely retainthe bracket in position without extra drilling, use of extra bolts, orother fastenings, employing only such. fastenings as are already a partof the construction of the vehicle, and by which fastening to supportthe number plate in the most advantageous and desirable poistion on'thevehicle and in such manner'as to fully comply with 7 all of the legalrequirements.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully de scribed andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Of the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation showing apart of an automobile and my improved brackets attached to the yokemembers' which are eniployed in the construction of the vehicle, showingthe number plate in dotted-lines. Fig. 2- is a transverse sectionshowing a portion of the vehicle frame and spring which are boundtogether by means of a yoke member and my improved bracket bound inposition beneath the nut at one end of saidyoke member. Fig. 3- is anenlarged perspective view'showing one of my improved bracket members.Fig. 41- is a plan View showing the member as it appears when struckfrom sheet stock. Fig. 5- is a detail showing the bolt for fastening thenumber plate to the bracket, the same being provided with a cushionwasher beneath its end to prevent cracking the enamel on the numberplate.

My improved bracket for supporting the number plate is particularlyadapted for use on a. certain type of automobile, having in itsconstruction a forward transverse spring 10 which is clamped to a crossmember 11 of the frame, said cross member having ahollow center portionto receive said spring, and the spring and frame at this point are boundtogether by two yoke members 12 and 13 which are provided with threadedends 14 and 15 onto which nuts are screwed for securely binding theseparts together.

My improved bracket members 16 and 19 are each preferably constructed ofsheet metal being originally st-ruck from sheet stock into the formillustrated in"Fig 4. each having anelongated plate-like body 18provided with a longitudinal slot 19 and an upper flat supportingportion 20 extending beyond one end of said body and provided with ahole 21 of a size sufiicient to receive the threaded end of its yoke.The supporting portion 20 extends rearwardly in a plane whichis'substantially at right angles to that of the body portion 18 so thatwhen applied to the yoke and bound in position by the nut thereon theplane of the body portion will be,

vertically disposed and in position to receive the binding bolts: '22which extend through the holes in the upper'edge of the number plate.23. Thus the longitudinal edges of the body 180 f the sup-porting por--tion 20 are substantially parallel, said body and said supportingportion being united by a bend in line with the upperlongitudinal edgeof said body 18, the front edge of said supporting portion beingsubstantially in alinement with said bent and with the top longitudinaledge of the body. In practice I employ two bracket memberslti, 17 tosupporta single number plate, whereby the necessity of accuratelydrilling or punching the holes for receiving the yoke ends 14 and 15 iseliminated and the stockwhich would be obliged to extend between theseyokes if the whole were made in one piece issaved.

Then again, by this construction there is positively no chance for thesebrackets to get out of line with each other as the outer end of-each issecured to the number plate which holds the brackets rigidly in alinedposition.

In order to eliminate the objection of binding a bolt head directlyagainst the tinished or enamel surface of one plate I have, asillustrated in Fig. provided a flexible Washer 24 beneath the head. 25ofthe number plate bolt 26 whereby when this bolt is po-- sitioned thiscushion washer will come in contact with and be bound tightly againstthe finished surface of this plate without injuring the same.

I claim:

A number plate bracket comprising an elongatedplate-like body providedwith a longitudinal'slot to receive a securing device, and an upper flatsupporting portion ing portion being united by a bend in line with theupper longitudinal edge of said body, the front edge of said supportingportion being substantially in alinement with said bend and with the toplongitudinal edge of said body, vsaid supporting portion beingperforated for the passage 0t securing In testimony whereof I ailix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS FORD \V'I'LSON. Witnesses:

Howann E. Bin if-W, l .E; I. OGDEN.

